The nonstop chatter was weirdly reminiscent of the recent death of John Kennedy Jr., when the airwaves were filled with hordes of people who had once shared lunch or an elevator with him. This is their great bond, and it really has brought them together with almost a sort of spiritual intensity." On "Good Morning America"-one of two appearances on Disney-owned ABC for the editor of the Disney-backed magazine-Brown said: "What you feel is this is a couple who share the passion for the world, for doing good for politics, for making life better for other people. The Hillary uproar provided a monumental boost for Talk's launch, and Tina Brown, riding the wave, gushed about the Clintons. CNBC's Chris Matthews even trotted out Gennifer Flowers for the umpteenth time. "A flabbergastingly stupid thing to do," said commentator John Podhoretz on Fox News Channel. "Talking to Talk: Did Hillary Say Too Much?" asked CNN. "But now it turns out she's reading Gail Sheehy with everyone else and wondering, 'Gee, why would a man want to sleep with a succession of beautiful women?' and blabbing about it in public."Ĭlinton's decision to drop the emotional curtain a bit triggered a stampede of on-air pundits, pols, psychologists and theologians. "One of the reasons she seemed to have dignity is she didn't seem to be part of the therapeutic, excuse-making culture," says journalist Mickey Kaus, who runs. But it surely ends her long run as one of the most reticent, press-wary figures in public life. And it may not help her potential New York Senate campaign to have the Monica mess back on the radar screen. The first lady's explanation that her husband's sexual escapades may be influenced by a troubled childhood launched the dormant story back into the media stratosphere. Other than blaming the Lewinsky allegations on right-wing conspirators, she maintained a zipped-lip posture-until suddenly holding forth on the president's infidelities to Tina Brown's Talk magazine. In this tell-it-all environment, Hillary Rodham Clinton had always kept her feelings about her much-scrutinized marriage under wraps. Pee-wee Herman just explained his porn-theater arrest to Vanity Fair. Teenage tennis star Alexandra Stevenson yakked with Barbara Walters about being Julius Erving's out-of-wedlock daughter. There was a time, allegedly, when most people did not talk about their private pain in public.īut the Oprahfied media culture has turned that notion on its head, with everyone from Monica Lewinsky, Paula Jones and Linda Tripp to Marv Albert, Hugh Grant and Tonya Harding taking to the airwaves to pour out their hearts.
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